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Program to count the number of words in an input text file

Program to count the number of words in an input text file

#define NULL 0
FILE *fpt;
void main()
{

 char name[20],c;
 int nw=0;
 clrscr();
 printf("Enter the name of file to be checked:-  ");
 gets(name);
 fpt=fopen(name,"r");
 if (fpt==NULL)
 {
  printf("
ERROR - can/'t open file %s",name);
  getch();
  exit(0);
 }
 else
 {
 while ((c=getc(fpt))!=EOF)
 {
  switch(1)
  {
   case 1:
	  if (c==' ')
	  {
   point: // do
 //	    nw=nw+1-1;
	   while((c=getc(fpt))==' ');

	   if (c!=' ')
		nw=nw+1;
	   if(c=='
')nw--;
	  }


 //  case 3:
	  if(c=='
'){
	    goto point;}

  }
 }
 }
 printf("

The no. of words in %s is %d.  ",name,nw);
 getch();
}

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